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Learn how the stock replacement strategy lets investors use call options to match stock gains with less capital, offering ...

I discussed a possible Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) dividend raise next month in my Dec. 23, 2025, Barchart article. I ...

Call options are one of the two major types of options, and investors have two ways to use them: either selling them or buying them. Buying, or going long, calls offers tremendous potential gains, and ...

Investors in Abbott Laboratories (Symbol: ABT) saw new options begin trading today, for the August 2026 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is ...

How to use the dividend capture strategy with call options Have you ever noticed a stock getting swarmed with heavy call selling activity just ahead of its ex-dividend date? If so, it's possible that ...

What is crypto options trading? A crypto options contract grants the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase (call option) or sell (put option) an underlying cryptocurrency at a ...

Tesla (TSLA) stock has had a huge volume of deep-in-the-money (ITM) call options traded today. This is ahead of its Q3 earnings due out after the market closes. The ITM trade suggests bullish ...